The Cryptocephalinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), and belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles called the Camptosomata. The cases are made from the feces of larvae, passed from one instar to the next, and ultimately serves as a pupation chamber.[1]
| Cryptocephalinae | |
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| Cryptocephalus nitidus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| (unranked): | Camptosomata |
| Subfamily: | Cryptocephalinae Gyllenhaal, 1813 |
| Tribes | |
The tribes Fulcidacini and Clytrini were formerly considered subfamilies of their own, and are presently treated only as tribes.[2] Species in at least 14 genera of Clytrini and Cryptocephalini are myrmecophilous, living with ants.[3] Most species exhibit polyphagy but there are patterns of constraints with certain plant lineages.[4]
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Exema, fecal case -
Exema, larva -
Neochlamisus, fecal case -
Neochlamisus, larva removed from larval fecal case
References
edit- ^ Chaboo, C.S., C.G. Brown, & D.J. Funk. 2008. Faecal case architecture in the gibbosus species group of Neochlamisus Karren, 1972 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Chlamisini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152:315–335.
- ^ Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies, A.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.; Lawrence, J.; Lyal, C.; Newton, A.; Reid, C.; Schmitt, M.; Ślipiński, A.; Smith, A. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
- ^ Agrain F.A., M. Buffington, C.S. Chaboo, M.L. Chamorro, & M.E. Schöller. 2015. Leaf beetles are ant-nest beetles: the curious life histories of the juvenile stages of case-bearers (Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). ZooKeys 547:133–164.
- ^ Agrain, F.A., B. Vento, V. Flinte, C.A.M. Reid, & C.S. Chaboo. 2024. Global macroecological patterns in host-plant associations of Cryptocephalinae case-bearer leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 20:1-20.https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blae041
External links
edit- Key to the British genera of Cryptocephalinae[permanent dead link]
- "Cryptocephalinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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